Greek Geometric Horse - Sculpture Reproduction

$15.00 at The Getty Museum.

Around 900 BC a change in style took place in ancient Greek art. Both in decorations and in the art of sculpting geometric patterns emerged, which were very much unlike the pre-Hellenic style, which was customary at the time. Painters began to decorate their pottery with stylized, sketched silhouettes, a style which soon was adopted by sculptures. Pre-eminently, a horse was suitable for this innovative, geometric simplification. Every bronze foundry on the Greek continent developed their own variations, but…